Patents by Inventor FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ-CASTAÑO

FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ-CASTAÑO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10356660
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing network traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for optimizing the performance of a plurality of networks includes a first terminal device, a traffic steering controller, and a terminal traffic steering agent. The traffic steering controller may be configured to receive user profiles, terminal metrics and network performance metrics and create traffic steering rules based on the user profiles, terminal metrics, and network performance. The terminal traffic steering agent may be configured to receive traffic steering rules from the traffic steering controller and direct a virtual network switch based on the traffic steering rules. The virtual network switch may be configured to handle network traffic at a virtual network interface and, based on directions received from the traffic steering controller, exchange network traffic at least at a physical interface of at least one of the plurality of access networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Giraldo Rodriguez, Jorge Ernesto Fontenla Gonzalez, Felipe Jose Gil Castineira, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Castano, Carlos Perez Garrido
  • Publication number: 20180368025
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing network traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for optimizing the performance of a plurality of networks includes a first terminal device, a traffic steering controller, and a terminal traffic steering agent. The traffic steering controller may be configured to receive user profiles, terminal metrics and network performance metrics and create traffic steering rules based on the user profiles, terminal metrics, and network performance. The terminal traffic steering agent may be configured to receive traffic steering rules from the traffic steering controller and direct a virtual network switch based on the traffic steering rules. The virtual network switch may be configured to handle network traffic at a virtual network interface and, based on directions received from the traffic steering controller, exchange network traffic at least at a physical interface of at least one of the plurality of access networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Giraldo Rodriguez, Jorge Ernesto Fontenla Gonzalez, Felipe Jose Gil Castineira, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Castano, Carlos Perez Garrido
  • Publication number: 20180152861
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing network traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for optimizing the performance of a plurality of networks includes a first terminal device, a traffic steering controller, and a terminal traffic steering agent. The traffic steering controller may be configured to receive user profiles, terminal metrics and network performance metrics and create traffic steering rules based on the user profiles, terminal metrics, and network performance. The terminal traffic steering agent may be configured to receive traffic steering rules from the traffic steering controller and direct a virtual network switch based on the traffic steering rules. The virtual network switch may be configured to handle network traffic at a virtual network interface and, based on directions received from the traffic steering controller, exchange network traffic at least at a physical interface of at least one of the plurality of access networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Giraldo Rodriguez, Jorge Ernesto Fontenla Gonzalez, Felipe Jose Gil Castineira, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Castano, Carlos Perez Garrido
  • Patent number: 9749243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing network traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for optimizing the performance of a plurality of networks includes a first terminal device, a traffic steering controller, and a terminal traffic steering agent. The traffic steering controller may be configured to receive user profiles and network performance metrics and create traffic steering rules based on the user profiles and network metrics. The terminal traffic steering agent may be configured to receive traffic steering rules from the traffic steering controller and direct a virtual network switch based on the traffic steering rules. The virtual network switch may be configured to receive network traffic at a virtual network interface and, based on directions received from the traffic steering controller, forward the network traffic to a physical interface of at least one of the plurality of networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Francisco Javier González Castaño, Jorge Ernesto Fontenla González, Carlos Pérez Garrido, Carlos Giraldo Rodríguez, Felipe José Gil Castiñeira
  • Publication number: 20170093722
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing network traffic are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for optimizing the performance of a plurality of networks includes a first terminal device, a traffic steering controller, and a terminal traffic steering agent. The traffic steering controller may be configured to receive user profiles and network performance metrics and create traffic steering rules based on the user profiles and network metrics. The terminal traffic steering agent may be configured to receive traffic steering rules from the traffic steering controller and direct a virtual network switch based on the traffic steering rules. The virtual network switch may be configured to receive network traffic at a virtual network interface and, based on directions received from the traffic steering controller, forward the network traffic to a physical interface of at least one of the plurality of networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIGO
    Inventors: Francisco Javier González Castaño, Jorge Ernesto Fontenla González, Carlos Pérez Garrido, Carlos Giraldo Rodríguez, Felipe José Gil Castiñeira
  • Patent number: 8839324
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a method and an apparatus for digital content transmission that comprise: (a) partitioning the digital content into a plurality of sequential segments; (b) selecting a plurality of transmission time instants for each of the sequential segments as a function of their order; (c) generating a plurality of linear combinations of the plurality of sequential segments during the plurality of transmission time instants resulting in a plurality of linearly combined coded segments; and (c) transmitting the plurality of linearly combined coded segments from a server to a plurality of clients. In particular embodiments, the method and apparatus further comprise performing error correction based on an implicit error correction (IEC) method that employs the redundancy present in the linearly combined coded segments to perform error correction at the client side without extra bandwidth cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gradiant, Centro Tecnolóxico de Telecomunicacións de Galicia
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Castaño, Rafael Asorey Cacheda
  • Publication number: 20130047191
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a method and an apparatus for digital content transmission that comprise: (a) partitioning the digital content into a plurality of sequential segments; (b) selecting a plurality of transmission time instants for each of the sequential segments as a function of their order; (c) generating a plurality of linear combinations of the plurality of sequential segments during the plurality of transmission time instants resulting in a plurality of linearly combined coded segments; and (c) transmitting the plurality of linearly combined coded segments from a server to a plurality of clients. In particular embodiments, the method and apparatus further comprise performing error correction based on an implicit error correction (IEC) method that employs the redundancy present in the linearly combined coded segments to perform error correction at the client side without extra bandwidth cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: GRADIANT, CENTRO TECNOLOXICO DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE GALICIA
    Inventors: FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ-CASTAÑO, Rafael Asorey-Cacheda
  • Patent number: 6393254
    Abstract: The object of the call masking system for mobile telephones is to prevent the operation of mobile telephones which are present in a closed environment without interfering with the normal operation of other telephones which are outside the closed environment. To this effect, the system generates interference signals which will prevent the mobile telephones from receiving the signaling channels sent by the base stations (for example, GSM call signaling channel). The system monitors the power with which the carriers of the neighboring base stations are received inside the room and will adjust the interference power radiating in the signaling channels so that the carrier to interference signal ratio will make the operation of the mobile telephones impossible. The system can be applied to closed environments wherein mobile telephones should not ring when receiving a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventors: José Maria Pousada Carballo, Francisco Javier Gonzalez Castaño, Fernando Guillermo Isasi De Vicente